Prof. Rastislav Kunda, MD, FASGE, FJGES is a HPB and GI surgeon, with main focus in digestive and HPB endoscopy. He is focused on invention and innovation, particularly in biliopancreatic endoscopy, including the development of new devices and procedures in interventional endoscopy. He pioneered implementation of interventional EUS and developing of entirely novel procedures in interventional EUS and HPB endoscopy and focusing their firm incorporation into therapeutic algorithms of HPB disorders. He was head and elevated both surgical and endoscopic programs at Aarhus Univeristy Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark and University Hospital of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, to position them as global leaders, with an early and firm implementation of these recent developments into clinical practice as well as in providing advanced training in these novel techniques worldwide. The main focus is on multidisciplinary approach to hepatopancreatobiliary diseases, including minimally invasive interventions by means of flexible endoscopy, laparoscopy and robotic surgery. Prof. Kunda is currently affiliated with the National University of Singapore and the National University Hospital as the Philip Yeo Professor in Medicine by NUS and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Prof. Kunda holds numerous visiting professorships on all continents, he has been honoured by 26 international awards of distinction. And is a member of 25 professional organizations and societies.
